import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.RowFilter;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableRowSorter;

public class FilteringTable extends JFrame {
  public FilteringTable() {
    setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    String[] columns = { "ID", "Des", "Date", "Fixed" };
    Object[][] rows = { { 1, "C", new Date(), new Date() }, { 2, "G", new Date(), new Date() },
        { 5, "F", new Date(), new Date() } };

    TableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(rows, columns);
    JTable table = new JTable(model);
    final TableRowSorter<TableModel> sorter;
    sorter = new TableRowSorter<TableModel>(model);
    table.setRowSorter(sorter);
    getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(table));

    JPanel pnl = new JPanel();
    pnl.add(new JLabel("Filter expression:"));
    final JTextField txtFE = new JTextField(25);
    pnl.add(txtFE);
    JButton btnSetFE = new JButton("Set Filter Expression");
    ActionListener al;
    al = new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        String expr = txtFE.getText();
        sorter.setRowFilter(RowFilter.regexFilter(expr));
        sorter.setSortKeys(null);
      }
    };
    btnSetFE.addActionListener(al);
    pnl.add(btnSetFE);
    getContentPane().add(pnl, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

    setSize(750, 150);
    setVisible(true);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    new FilteringTable();
  }
}